ACHAICUS:
Latin form of Greek Achaïkos,
meaning "belonging to Achaia," a maritime
region of northern Peloponnesus. In the bible, this is
the name of a Christian who, together with Fortunatus
and Stephanas,
carried a letter from the Corinthians to Paul
and back again.

ACHILL:
Short form of Latin Achilles,
possibly meaning "he who embodies the grief of the
people."

ACHILLES:
Contracted form of Latin Achilleus,
possibly meaning "he who embodies the grief of the
people." In mythology, this is the name of the greatest of Greek heroes who fought the
Trojans, known for being the most handsome and the
fleetest of foot at Troy, and for his love for his
friend Patroclus.

ACHILLEUS:
Latin form of Greek Akhilleus,
possibly meaning "he who embodies the grief
of the people."

ACRISIUS:
Latin form of Greek Akrisios,
probably meaning "locust." In
mythology, this is the name of a king of Argos, the
grandfather of Perseus.

ACTAEON:
Latin form of Greek Aktaion,
meaning "effulgence." In mythology, this
is the name of a hunter who was torn
to pieces by his own dogs. He was then transformed
into a deer, thus himself becoming the hunted.

ÆGIDIUS:
Late Latin form of Greek Aegidios, meaning
"kid; young goat" or "shield of
goatskin."

ÆLIA:
From Roman Ælianus, meaning "solar."
This name is part of a puzzling alchemical inscription
(Ælia Lælia
Crispus) supposedly found in Bologna,
which some have theorized is a representation of two
beings, Ælia and Lælia,
who are united in a single subject, Crispus
"curly," with Ælia being "solar"
from helios and Lælia being "lunar,"
while Crispus, a combination of both, is the basic
substance (obvoluta intricata) from which all
life was made, thus "curly," in reference to
the hair of gossamer dryads which were said to be
neither man nor woman but hermaphroditic.

ÆSON: Latin form of Greek
Aison, possibly meaning "to be" or "that which is
made." In mythology, this is the
name of Jason's
father.

ÆSOP:
Latin form of Greek Aisopos,
the name of the author of Æsop's Fables, said to be a Greek
hump-backed slave of African descent; therefore, the name has
taken on the meaning "hump-backed," but in
Greek it means "Ethiop."

ÆTHER:
Latin form of Greek Aither,
meaning "bright, upper air." In mythology,
this is the name of one
of the first gods, the son of Erebus
and Nyx. He is
the god of the pure, upper air that only the gods
breathe, as opposed to the gloomy, lower "aer"
breathed by mortals.

AGRIPPA
(Агриппа):
Latin form of Greek Agrippas,
meaning "wild horse." In the New Testament
bible, this is the name of the Herod Agrippa who ordered the execution of the
apostle James, and
the imprisonment of Peter. Compare with feminine
Agrippa.

AHASUERUS
(אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹש):
Latin form of Greek Xerxes,
meaning "great warrior" or "lion-king." In the bible, this
is the name of a king of Persia. His Hebrew name is Achashverosh.

AIGIDIUS:
Latin form of Greek Aigidios, meaning
"kid; young goat" or "shield of
goatskin."

AIOLUS:
Latin form of Greek Aiolos, meaning "sparkling; quick-shifting;
quick-moving." In mythology, this is the name
of the god of winds.

AJAX:
Latin form of Greek Aias, meaning
"mourner." In mythology, this is the name of a hero of the Trojan war, second only to
Achilles in
strength and bravery. He was also known as Telamonion
Ajax (Ajax, son of Telamon),
Greater Ajax, and Ajax the Great.

APOLLO:
Latin form of Greek Apollon,
probably meaning "destroyer." In Greek
mythology, this is the name of a god of archery, healing,
light, poetry, prophecy, music, and the sun. He is the
son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of
Artemis,
goddess of the hunt and moon.

APPIUS:
Latin Praenomen of several Romans, including Appius Claudius
Sabinus Inregillensis, the founder of the clan of Claudia. He was born
Attius Clausus, and became
consul of Rome in 495 BCE. According to Livy, in his History
of Rome, Appius was "harsh by nature,"
having an "innate love of tyranny." The clan name Appius/Attius
may be related to the name of the eunuch god Attis,
meaning "Papa."

AQUILA:
Roman Latin name meaning "eagle." In the New
Testament bible, this is the name of a Jew of Pontus and
ally of Paul.

ARCADIUS:
Latin form of Greek Arkadios, meaning "of Arcadia." The place
name Arcadia was derived from the word arktos,
meaning "bear."

ARCHELAUS:
Latin form of Greek Archelaos,
meaning "master of the people." In the
bible, this is the name of a son of Herod
the Great.

ARGUS:
Latin form of Greek Argos,
meaning "bright,
shining" and "swift." In mythology, this is the name of a giant who had
a hundred eyes that were transferred to the peacock's
tail after his death. This was also the name of Ulysses'
dog who waited ten years for his return from the Trojan
War.

ARIES:
Latin name meaning "ram." The ram in the Aries
constellation is probably the same ram from Greek mythology
whose golden fleece was the quest
of Jason and the Argonauts.

ARISTAEUS:
Latin form of Greek Aristaios,
meaning "excellence." In mythology, this is
the name of the son of
Apollo and a
mortal woman. He
was raised on ambrosia and made immortal by Gaia.

ARISTARCHUS:
Latin form of Greek Aristarchos, meaning
"best ruler." In the bible, this is the name of a
companion of Paul.
It is also the name of an asteroid and a crater on the
Moon.

BACCHUS: Latin form of Greek
Bakchos,
meaning "noisy, riotous." In
Roman mythology, this is a name applied to Dionysos
(Roman Liber), a god of revelry and the intoxicating power of wine.

BALIUS:
Latin form of Greek Balios, meaning
"dappled, piebald." In mythology, this is the name of one of two immortal
horses (the other named Xanthos) who
drew the chariot of Achilles during
the Trojan war. They were the
offspring of the harpy Podarge
and the west wind Zephyrus.